The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-07
criminal nature, Is as often employed
hy tina Ststh ga by the da{enaan

BY the State Rs by the defense"
Perhsos Jsehne spike whereof he
knew. Politics in New York is large
ly q game Of swapping favors-and the
ex.alderman was always q good hand
In trade or q game OF poker.
O'Neill takes his punishment easily
enough, for he lives In hopeful expec.
tation OF q favorable interference by
the courts. Jsehne has exhausted all
his hope, In that direction and ex-
poets nothing and is the happier for it,
no doubt, for what canketing pain
there is in hope deferred We don't
need poets to tell. "Honest John" was
coming across the yard, a smile upon
his smooth shsven f,ce-thst same
face suggested something OF a cherub's
with it, small mouth and curved red
lips-the round and bloss omy features
tinted with AZ iDfsntile color Is very
engaging. Honest John-the irony OF
itl-looks we'll and gets on finely in
his new co ldition. Your correspond
ent was enabled to chat with him, and
heard him say with plscidity unrui-
fed by tone OF resentment that the
courts had convicted an innocent man
In his case. There are more innocent
men Ia Sing Sing tnan you can ehske
stick at in week. John says he
never got penny, aud Jaehne says,
81 any one was left il was john"
There ia one mora ex.Alderman In
stripes. Arthur McQusde, the rag man
"a different sort than Jaehne, one OF
the cunning, svsricious class Of Mi
lesisn imports which contributes the
dangerous elements to our politics;
one who regards the spoils OF office in
Whatsoever way obtained as the legiti-
mate profits OF political success.
Nothing came his way that he didn't
at least want 1t, and there are fewer
doubts Of Moo lsde's guilt than Of
Jaehne's, though the latter stands as
the arch conspirator OF the group.
MtQuade has hopes, the strongest OF
them founded on the belief that poll.
tics Is greater than principles and the
machine must some day life him out.
OF easy fortune, Of general good
temper, he gets on very well and his
imprisonment is not likely TO do him
much harm II he continue to the end
OF the sentence OF ak months.
Ferdinand Ward, perhaps The most
noted prisoner Of all, curious com.
pound Of shrewdness and weakness,
unlimited cheek and with no con.
science nor principles, achieved some
rare rogueries In which he was not
solely to blame, and in which he was
by no means unsided This does not
refer only to Mr.. Fish. There were
others. Some time the tangled web
may be unrolled, though that is not
likely where 30 many and some no
powerful are interested In ta1oling II
more, and strange story will be told.
In II will bs found many unexpected
names and astounding facts. Ward
would like to do II himself, bat he
can't prove his statements aud II ia
doubtful IL hi memory would serve
him. The fact liz that Ward aided In a
s,upendoue fraud. HIS vanity led
him TO take leading part in
1.-THE most prominent, la.
deed-and as ii rolled on aud Oh, lik
some enormous SNOWFALL, always get.
ting bigger, 1t grew ont oil all con,roI
and beyond his comprehension. 1t was
a matter OF days only when IL would
end, and his efforts were at latt all
directed toward tiding over each hour
not TO arranging the final catastrophe,
which was left tn take care OF itself
The amount OF business done by the
firm OF Grant & Ward through thI
clearing house was 1852, 100, 900, Z
figure representing also about one
quarter OF the national debt OF the
United States. The man who man
aged all this works in a shabby littli
room, containing a shabby PRINTING
outf,, with which he strikes Of verI
shabby letter aud bill heads for IN,
prison. II isn't work to speak Of; 4
Is not under the unrelaxing watchirl
ness In which the other prisoners toll
but II is widely different from
seat in tie directory Of tn
Marine Bank or a desk 10 tn
private ciilce OF the once much snvie,
young and enterprising firm Of Gran
4 Ward. The active member wear
stripes OF coarse wooden fabric, bu
they at him neatly. His boots ar
polished and shspely, and he look
pretty well groomed. Ward Ia not
man 10 SUD n much in imprisonment
HE fiber is not fine enough for tha
his temperament sanguine; and hi
ambitions unqualified By the characte
OF their aims, crafty themselves /
small struggles M readily as with grea
ones. His life In prison has not bee
an easy one. He thought that none
could secure him immunity from a
its hardships, but II II could in Ar
way soften the asperltiee Of prison III
II had to be applied with more Ia,
than he brought 10 its application
: Unfortunately Tor him, he expresse
his views. The methods adopted /
convince him OF dis error were prom
and stern, but Il WAS some time bdJ
they were effective. Al first, he wa
. put TO work dragging sshes from unde
q boiler. IL was hot, hard wOrl
but he was kept to IL for sever,
: weeks Then the Bay State Shoe Con
psny secured his services as boob
keeper, on Monday, and found hir
ridiculouely Incompetent on Tuesda,
In his youth be had been an amateu
journslht, aud Lad come idea OF se
ting type, and this fact has directe
the current Of his life in prison. Tn
hrm Of Perry a Co., stove makers, OF
joyed q large contract nj that tim,
10 d had need OF blanks, bill heads an.
labels. They set Ward 10 work kicl
log the press with which these wer
struck of. When Perry q 20. wer
legislsted cut Of their position as cor
tractors, Ward and his printing ofIie
became an sppendsge OF the prlsor
: He can do all the work required Z
him In an hour each day. The rest {
the time he spends In reading and |
; such idle ways "a he can 6ud diver
= ing. His vanity knows n
J repressioo. Even the fact that h
Ia the most notorious prisoner !
J q community 1900 rascals is q sourC
: OF pride and satisfaction 10 him, an
he courts the curious regard whic
, visitors so readily grant him, an
3 basEs in-the observation OF the crow
: which Il eek into the prison on hol
J dsys. He enjoys newspaper notoriet,
too, The fact thai most of the puhi